NaPoWriMo #19 – Ah Hah!

This is my nineteenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one limerick
• one tanka


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• inspired by Rallentanda’s day 19 prompt at read write poem

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Surplus

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it struck me the moment I met you
I just didn’t want to upset you
didn’t know how you’d act
if I acknowledged the fact
but now that you’ve asked guess I’ll have to

I know that we’ve only just met
it’s not something I’ll soon forget
but since you want to know
I’ll deliver the blow
but wait cause I’m not ready yet

I fear I’ll be breaking your heart
perhaps tearing your world apart
dropping this kinda news
is like lighting a fuse
so please give me a running head start

this is not what I’d hoped to discuss
and you must know you’ve got a surplus
but man in those slacks and shirt
you’d make a blind man’s eyes hurt
so, do you hold that thing up with a truss

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…now before anyone judge me too harshly, let it be known that I have more in common with this gentleman than I care to admit, and — I couldn’t help myself, I believe the devil made me write this…

 

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Eureka

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it’s as clear as day

nothing needed to be said

it’s so obvious

should have seen it right away

suddenly it was – Of Course!

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• limerick and tanka by: rob kistner © 2010

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…check out the other ah-hah’s at readwritepoem

12 thoughts on “NaPoWriMo #19 – Ah Hah!

  1. 1..How could you be so cruel to that guy. He could have a beautiful tenor voice or make wonderful lasagne for all you know or be surrounded by a bevy of willowy long limbed beauties!

    2. Of course!..you have forgotten what it was already…haven’t you?

  2. I feel I may have phrased my comment a little awkwardly – in no way was it meant as a reprimand, merely a sympathetic response to your poems ‘I’.

  3. Many of us would rather wait than deal with weight. Obesity is a national epidemic in America thanks to the greed of the corporate food culture and their artificial sweeteners, lack of a national physical fitness program in public schools, and a culture of immediate satisfaction. Sorry for the guy in the picture, but we must all take responsibility for our own fitness and health.

    Thanks, Rob!

    ~Mark

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